Acupuncture points in Chinese medicine
Acupuncture points in Chinese medicine in zhenqi therapy (according to Jin Xin-jun).
Active points in the head and face area
- Point (1) is called Yang-bai. Injections into this point are used for the following diseases: some eye diseases; facial nerve paralysis; facial muscle twitching; vomiting.
- Point (2) - Yin-Tan - eye pain; convulsions in children; dizziness; insomnia; headaches.
- Point (3) - Ying-hsiao - runny nose with abundant periodic discharge of fluid, (so-called vasomotor runny nose).
- Point (4) - Tang-yai - trigeminal neuralgia; paralysis of half of the body, twitching facial muscles.
- Point (5) - Er-men- tinnitus; facial twitching; cerebral hemorrhage; diabetes; hysterical seizures.
- Point (6)- Chen-jiang - same as point 5.
- Point (7)- Jia-che - paralysis of half the body; trigeminal neuralgia; twitching of facial muscles.
- Point (8) - Tian-zhong - deafness; boils on the occipital area; twitching eyelids.
- Point (9) - I-fei - tinnitus; deafness; paralysis of the facial nerve; speech disorder; enlargement of the thyroid gland.
- Point (10) - Ting-hung - tinnitus; deafness; facial nerve paralysis.
- Point (11) - Qing-myn - eye disease; itchy eyes; conjunctivitis; respiratory disorders.
Active acupuncture points on the human body
In Chinese medicine active points for acupuncture and moxibustion on the human body there are about 100 of them: 64 are important; 14 are more important; 22 are the most important. Schemes of acupuncture and moxibustion for various diseases of internal organs are given.
- Acupuncture points for gallbladder diseases.
- Acupuncture points for diseases of the bladder.
- Acupuncture points for diseases of the pericardium.
- Acupuncture points for heart disease.
- Acupuncture points for lung diseases.
- Acupuncture points for kidney disease.
- Acupuncture points for liver diseases.
- Acupuncture points for diseases of the spleen.
- Acupuncture points for stomach diseases.
- Acupuncture points for diseases of the small intestine.
- Acupuncture points for diseases of the large intestine.
Acupuncture points for gallbladder diseases
Acupuncture points for diseases of the bladder
Acupuncture points for pericardial diseases
Acupuncture points for heart disease
Acupuncture points for lung diseases
Acupuncture points for kidney diseases
Acupuncture points for liver diseases
Acupuncture points for spleen diseases
Acupuncture points for stomach diseases
Acupuncture points for diseases of the small intestine
Acupuncture points for diseases of the large intestine
Acupuncture needles
In Chinese medicine, acupuncture needles with athin shaft and a sharp end are used. Needles are divided into three types:
- Long - up to 20 cm,
- medium - up to 10 cm,
- short - up to 5 cm.
Read more about the methods of needle insertion in the article "Acupuncture in Chinese medicine".